And so it ends...

Here's IDG's statement on the future of E for All now that the new E3 has been announced:

We want to thank all of our E for All partners for their support, and we encourage E for All exhibitors to participate in the E3 new event, which we believe will meet their needs as well as those of the industry at large. IDG World Expo is very pleased to be partnering with the ESA on E3 and continuing to play a central role in that important industry event. We look forward to furthering our contribution to the success of the video game community.

Of course, E for All was a public event and E3, though much bigger in 2009, is for invited industry professionals and media only. So it's not exactly a comparable alternative for exhibitors.

I'm sure the few companies that exhibited at E for All will be happy to keep spending their money at PAX (all of them were there, as far as I could tell) and just save the money they spent at E for All. After all, PAX had nearly 60,000 attendees in August. E for All had 15,000.